I love how a story can help someone discuss something they otherwise would not. Jennifer Lynch More Quotes by Jennifer Lynch More Quotes From Jennifer Lynch Trust yourself so that the mistakes you make are the ones you've made and not something you've made because you were afraid to do what you wanted to do. Own your mistakes, then you can own your successes. Jennifer Lynch trust-yourself made mistake I have gone insane. I won't be talking with you for a while. Jennifer Lynch insane depression talking Some people are just not going to like me and they're not going to like my work. But that doesn't mean I'm a bad person. Jennifer Lynch like-me mean people Writing was my companion and stories were my companion when I was bedridden and didn't think I was going to walk again and all of that treacherous stuff. And stories are how you can comfort a child. It's certainly how I comforted my daughter, in good and bad times. Jennifer Lynch daughter writing children I am more comfortable on set than I am in my own home. Jennifer Lynch my-own comfortable home For me, I was given a great gift by my father and my mother in that I was never told any idea was bad. I was told I could explore any thought as long as I wasn't hurting someone else. Jennifer Lynch hurt mother father When you love something, it never goes away. Jennifer Lynch I think that laughter is very close to terror and horror. Maybe that's just me, but that sort of all - over rush that happens when you are either laughing or terrified or weeping...? I think that comedians, in and of themselves, make other people laugh because they aren't necessarily the happiest people in the world. So they know a lot about dark things. Jennifer Lynch laughter dark thinking The planet is always half light and half dark, and so are we. Jennifer Lynch light half dark I'm a huge fan of Akira Kurosawa, a big Hitchcock fan. Jennifer Lynch kurosawa bigs fans I want to investigate what scares me and worries me. Jennifer Lynch scare want worry My father is so jolly, and I live a really happy life. I think that's why all my interest in the darker things in films comes up: because I'm curious about things I don't live in. Jennifer Lynch father happy-life thinking I may not be wealthy; I'm living from pay check to pay check, but I get to make movies, which is what I love to do. Jennifer Lynch checks may pay I still fall asleep with the TV on, because I'm used to falling asleep with people yelling 'Action!' and 'Cut! Jennifer Lynch yelling cutting fall When you finish some film and you let it out there, it is completely out of your control. You've done what you've done, you haven't done what you haven't done, and now you are up for judgment. People can be all kinds of ruthless and they can be all kinds of wonderful. The joy in what I do is in the doing of it. And then there is the part where people are either going to see what I've offered and liked it or they are going to see what I've offered and wish they hadn't. Jennifer Lynch wish joy people ('Eraserhead') may seem like a dark film, but my father and I watch it, and all we do is laugh. It was Disneyland everyday on the set. That's when I fell in love with film. Jennifer Lynch dark laughing father The closer you are to people, the more you realise what has happened to them. Jennifer Lynch realising happened people For me, one of the most important things I look for in an actor is whether we can converse. Do we have a similar ability to discuss a character? Jennifer Lynch important character looks The way that we tend to think about privacy is not that you have to keep everything secret, it's not that you can't share anything with other people - it's that you have control over the dissemination of the information about you. Jennifer Lynch secret people thinking Pressure is an emotional paralysis. It's hard enough to do the dishes when you're feeling pressured, let alone make a movie. Jennifer Lynch emotional pressure feelings
